January 2011
62 posts
Improving the Lives of Young Children →
New Pneumonia Vaccine Launches Today in Africa.... →
Celebrity-Backed Global Health Fund Finds Evidence... →
Salam Shabab: Views and Voices of Iraqi Youth
Salam Shabab (Peace Youth) is a unique reality TV series filmed in Iraq that brought together youth from six provinces of Iraq to compete for a chance to become youth “Ambassadors of Peace.” The views of young Iraqis participating in Salam Shabab, along with new surveys on youth perspectives, have begun to create a potential profile of the next generation of Iraqi leaders.
Many Iraqi youth...
We can empower young people to protect themselves...
More than half of all sexually transmitted infections, other than HIV, (more than 180 million out of a global annual total of 340 million) occur among young people aged 15 to 24. Yet most young people still have no access to sexual and reproductive health programmes that provide the information, skills, services, commodities, and social support they need to prevent HIV. In fact, many laws and...
Dark Side of Chocolate Screening →
The Dark Side of Chocolate is a documentary film by Miki Mistrati and U. Roberto Romano about the continued allegations of trafficking of children and child labor in the international cocoa industry….
Watchfrizzledthoughts:
Video footage from our School mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya in 2009. The girls in this orphanage have been found on the streets and have either been kicked out and/or sexually abused. A condition of entering the orphanage is that each girl must have their hair shaved off. The youngest girl was 1 year old.
If you look closely you see a little girl put a blind fold on and run...
UN Wants More Action for Women: Hear Them Roar
Last year the General Council met and created U.N. Women an agency with a mission to improve gender equality and empower women. Letty Chiwara, head of UNW’s Africa division, said in a recent interview with Kaiser’s Daily Global Health Policy Report:
Gender equality is key to women’s health, in order to provide assess to the services they need. Also in the acquisition of sexual...
Life Beyond Being a Chemistry Major: John Paul II... →
isaakongchem:
MADRID, Jan. 17, 2011—A standing ovation greeted the news that Pope John Paul II has been named a patron of the next World Youth Day, which will take place Aug. 16-21 in Madrid. Cardinal Stanislaw Ryoko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Vatican dicastery in charge of…
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New Membership Application into the Global Youth... →
Youth and the Global Economic Crisis
The Anguilla National Youth Council (ANYC) and National Youth Ambassador Corp (NYAC) are autonomous and non-partisan organizations whose mandate is to represent and articulate on behalf of Anguilla’s youth. The ANYC and NYAC firmly believe that it is imperative that youth are involved in all aspects of Anguilla’s Development. Youth must not be seen as a problem to be solved but rather as assets to...
CYP On the Move: Regional Consultations on Youth...
The four CYP regional centres will each be hosting a regional consultation on the theme: Investing in youth employment and Entrepruenership development. The consultations will be held during the months of February and March of 2011. This will be followed by a Pan Commonwealth Dialogue on the same theme in April, 2011. …These consultations are part of the Commonwealth’s contribution to...
Anonymous asked: how can i apply for the young professionals programme?
Capacity Building Workshop on Trade related Labour...
The Pinelands Creative Workshop (PCW) is facilitating a one-day workshop on the topic highlighted above on Wednesday, 16th February 2011 at the Horatio Cooke Auditorium, NUPW Headquarters, Dalkeith, St Michael from 10am – 3pm.
The Workshop is a component of a new project which is being conducted throughout the Caribbean including Barbados, with the objectives of:
1)Increasing the level of...
Anonymous asked: how can i apply for the young professionals programme?
Maybe We Should Focus on Poor People, not Poor...
A recent post in the Guardian’s “Poverty Matters” blog touched upon an important idea: That we should focus on poor people, not just poor countries.
When the World Bank carried out its annual reclassification in July, Senegal, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen all graduated to middle-income status – countries that have reached the US$1,000 or so GDP [per capita] threshold.
Taken by...
Watchpeazandq:
Director and film maker, Spike Lee, and his wife Tonya Lewis Lee just released a children’s book encouraging minority youth, all youth, to change the world.
F.R.E.S.H New London: When MLK Day comes January... →
freshnewlondon:
The Civil Rights Movement started in 1955 and ended in 1968. About 43 years ago. My grandmother was a teen during this movement and she’s in her late 60’s today. When I think of it like this it wasn’t that long ago this Big movement happened. 43 years ago, the movement has ended but the same…
Upcoming Events:
Just a few things we’ve got planned in the months ahead:
7th-9th February: CABOS (Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sports) Meeting, Delhi - India
Discussions on how Sports can be better utilized as a tool for Peace and Development.
14th-18th February: Commonwealth Youth Sub-committee on Human Rights and Democracy Training, London.
Commitment
Create a Commonwealth Youth Sub-committee on...
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Political Affairs Adviser, Asia/Europe Section,... →
Job summary
The Political Affairs Adviser has specific responsibility for monitoring developments in selected Commonwealth countries in the Asia/Europe regions, and providing policy advice and other forms of support to the Director of PAD, under the immediate supervision of the Head of Section. He/she is also responsible to the Director for the organisation of Commonwealth Heads of Government...
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Human Resources Adviser (3 posts), Human Resources... →
Job summary
The Human Resources Adviser supports the Head of HR in providing effective HR services to the Secretariat by supporting Directors and Line Managers in respective divisions in their HRM responsibilities and in their employee advocacy role. The function co-ordinates or undertakes review, development, implementation and monitoring of HR policies, procedures and practices, and provides...
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Adviser and Head of Section, International Finance... →
Job Summary
Reporting to the Director of Economic Affairs Division, the Head of Section for International Finance and Capital Markets Section will lead the Division’s work program covering international economic and financial issues; and private sector development. S/He will also play a major role in delivering the annual Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting.
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Learn without fear →
The Learn Without Fear campaign aims to end violence against children in all schools. The campaign targets 3 of the most common and damaging forms of violence in schools: bullying, corporal…
allAfrica.com: Sudan: Southern Youth Have Great... →
firstclassyouth:
Derkeny Panyon, a 22-year old man working with a road company said “it is the youth who are going to shape and enjoy the fruits of the struggle.”
He is confident that a separate south will attract a lot of foreign investment that will offer them employment opportunities.
“From now, nobody can tell us that there are certain jobs we cannot apply for. We will enjoy the benefits...
JOB: Program Officer Roma Initiatives – Early...
Program Officer Roma Initiatives – Early Childhood Program
Open Society Foundations
Location: London, UK or Budapest, Hungary
Last Date: February 7, 2011
The ECP seeks to increase the quality, access and comprehensiveness of early childhood services, prioritizing disadvantaged populations, with the aim of improving equity and capability. To achieve these objectives in target countries, the...
@GOOD Asks: Imagine You Have a Million Dollars to...
Documented Thoughts: No country for young people:... →
documentedhere:
Short Answer: Yes.
Long Answer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/09/young-people-generation-under-strain?CMP=twt_gu
Preview:
Are young people emerging into a far more hostile and unfriendly world than that which they might have expected?
Shane Chowen: Yes, we…
Ending legalised violence against children: Global... →
Hitting and hurting a child is an act of violence – and it is no less violent simply for being lawful. Children, like all people, have a right to live their lives free from violence, and the…